Entering the Silence
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"Like a high-rise building being suddenly removed, exposed the multitude of submerged pilings shoring up its weight, the publishing of Thomas Merton's extant, private journals will finally reveal the hidden foundations that undergird the poetry and prose of one of the most significant Ameri Roman Catholics of the twentieth century."
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528 pages
~8h 48min to read
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The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period, Entering the Silence reflects Merton's struggle to balance his vocation to solitude with the budding literary career that would soon established him as one of the most important spiritual writers of our century.
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